Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
| Women's long jump at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 16 August 2016 (qualifications) 17 August 2016 (final) |
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| Competitors | 38 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning distance | 7.17 m | ||||||||||||
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Tianna Bartoletta |
 United States
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Brittney Reese |
United States
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Ivana Španović |
 Serbia
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The women's long jump event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 16–17 August at the Olympic Stadium.
In the final, Malaika Mihambo jumped 6.83 m as the first athlete down the runway. The second jumper was Darya Klishina was the only Russian athlete in the entire athletics competition. Her 6.63 took the second spot. Ksenija Balta jumped 6.71 m as the fourth athlete but that order held until almost the end of the round when Ivana Španović moved on top with 6.95 m.
In the second round Tianna Bartoletta moved into silver medal position with a 6.94 m. Defending champion Brittney Reese jumped a 6.79 m, her only legal jump of the first four rounds, but remained outside of the medals. In the third round, Bartoletta's 1 cm improvement to 6.95 m equalled Španović, with the tiebreaker to put her in gold medal position. On the next jump, Balta equalled Reese, with the same tiebreaker rule pushing her into fifth place.
The fifth round had the real action. First Reese jumped 7.09 to leap from fifth to first. Her mood went from serious to jubilant. Mihambo jumped the third 6.95 of the competition. Then Španović moved right behind Reese with a 7.08 m, her personal best and a new Serbian national record.
On the final jump of the round, Bartoletta jumped the winner 7.17 m (23 ft 6 1⁄4 in), her personal best in the Olympic final. She moved up to be the number 21 performer in history. Only Reese has jumped further in the last nine years. But Reese wasn't done. She popped another big jump on her last attempt. She was celebrating again, but the measurement turned out to be 7.15 m, improving her hold on silver but didn't reach Bartoletta's gold.
The following evening the medals were presented by Auvita Rapilla, IOC member, Papua New Guinea and Svein Arne Hansen, Council Member of the IAAF.
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